Billy Lee

Billy Lee (born William Lee Schlensker; March 12, 1929 – November 17, 1989) was an American child actor who appeared in many films from the mid-1930s through the early 1940s. He is probably best remembered for his performance in The Biscuit Eater.

Lee's first role was in the Our Gang comedy short Mike Fright

In addition to being an actor, he was also a singer and dancer, appearing and singing with Bobby Breen in Make a Wish and touring with vaudeville shows. For his role in Cocoanut Grove he learnt to play the drums and formed the Billy Lee Band. The band appeared in the 1941 film, Reg'lar Fellers, in which he starred with co-star Carl Switzer.

Lee retired from film in 1943 after his last film War Dogs.

Lee died on November 17, 1989, of a sudden heart attack.

Filmography

Mike Fright (1934, short) as Tap Dancer Wagon Wheels (1934) as Sonny Wellington Behold My Wife! (1934) as Young Indian Boy at Meal (uncredited) One Hour Late (1934) as Junior (uncredited) Silk Hat Kid (1935) as Tommy Two Fisted (1935) as Jimmy Parker Babes in Hollywood (1935, short) as Jimmy Too Many Parents (1936) as Billy Miller Sky Parade (1936) as Jimmie Allen, age 4 (uncredited) And Sudden Death (1936) as Bobbie Sanborn Three Cheers for Love (1936) as Johnny The Arizona Raiders (1936) as Little Boy (uncredited) The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) as Train Bearer Rose Bowl (1936) as Young Boy (uncredited) Easy to Take (1936) as Bill Ardmore Jr. Arizona Mahoney (1936) as Kid Wild Money (1937) as Malcolm West Exclusive (1937) as Beak's Child (uncredited) Make a Wish (1937) as Pee Wee Thunder Trail (1937) as Bob at 8 Cocoanut Grove (1938) as Half Pint Sons of the Legion (1938) as Billy Lee Say It in French (1938) as Boy with Lollipop Ambush (1938) as Boy at Restaurant Boy Trouble (1939) as Joe Sudden Money (1939) as Junior Patterson Let Us Live (1939) as Boy in Window Outside These Walls (1939) as Little Boy (uncredited) Coast Guard (1939) as Seaman (uncredited) Night Work (1939) as Joe Fitch In Old Monterey (1939) as Jimmy Whittaker Jeepers Creepers (1939) as Skeeter All Women Have Secrets (1939) as Bobby Parole Fixer (1940) as Jimmy Mattison The Biscuit Eater (1940) as Lonnie McNeil Nobody’s Children (1940) as Tommy The Reluctant Dragon (1940) as The Boy (segment “The Reluctant Dragon”) voice Power Dive (1941) as Brad Coles Nevada City (1941) as Chick Morrison The Reluctant Dragon (1941) The Boy (voice) Reg’lar Fellers (1941) as Pinhead Duffy Hold Back the Dawn (1941) as Tony Road to Happiness (1941) as Danny Carter Eyes of the Underworld (1942) as Mickey Bryan Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Jimmy Wiggs War Dogs (1942) as Billy Freeman The Ford Theater Hour (1950) Starlight Theater (1950) Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) as Little Boy (uncredited) Limelight (1952) as Little Boy (uncredited) Thy Neighbor’s Wife (1953) Medallion Theater (1954) Ponds Theater (1952) Ethel and Albert (1954) Kraft Theatre (1954)